The story is known: at the end of the 19th century a group of young French artists dissatisfied with academic rules began to develop a new type of...
Rute Ferreira 16 February 2018
People often say that contemporary art is trash. But, can we turn the equation the other way and make trash art? El Anatsui’s grand...
Magda Michalska 15 February 2018
Valentine’s Day is here and the internet is full of advice on how to make this day special. We’re joining with a few ideas inspired by art...
Europeana 14 February 2018
Happy Pancake Day, that is Shrove Tuesday, the last day of carnival season. For Christians, Lent starts tomorrow and this is the last chance to eat ...
Magda Michalska 13 February 2018
A lifetime of training could not have prepared Frederick Stuart Church for 1863. But his works of fantasy that came after clung to and perhaps even...
Anthony de Feo 12 February 2018
Petrus Christus (c. 1410/1420 – 1475/1476) was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges from 1444, where, along with Hans Memling, he became...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 February 2018
What do Alexander McQueen, Gucci and Iris van Herpen have in common? Well, they are three of the best-known contemporary fashion brands, and their...
Pola Otterstein 9 February 2018
The film director Wes Anderson is mixing it up at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna later this year. The man behind movies including The Grand...
Zuzanna Stańska 6 February 2018
Have you ever wished you could teach your parrot or canary some new tricks? Clearly, the Japanese scientists – Shigeru Watanabe, Junko Sakamoto...
Wojtek Rozdzenski 2 February 2018
Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, but is also active in painting, performance, film,...
Zuzanna Stańska 31 January 2018
People are going crazy over these goddess gifs – 24 ancient female statues shaking what their mothers gave them. Artist Nina Paley created the...
Alexandra Kiely 27 January 2018
I must tell you something in secret – I love Fernando Botero’s works. There is something really interesting in his paintings.
Zuzanna Stańska 15 January 2018
